Latest plane load of Syrians arrives but how many more flights unclear
Posted Dec 16, 2015 05:00:41 AM.
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OTTAWA – The latest group of Syrians being brought to Canada on a government-sponsored flight have arrived in Toronto.
Approximately 214 people were expected, mostly refugees being welcomed by private groups but also some being supported directly by the government.
From Toronto, they’re to fan out across the country with four people bound for Halifax, eight heading for Vancouver, B.C. and surrounding cities and the rest settling somewhere in between.
The flight is the third organized and paid for directly by the government as part of its program to bring 25,000 Syrians to Canada by the end of February.
Immigration Minister John McCallum says he doesn’t know how many government flights will be organized in the coming weeks.
While the Liberals promised to resettle 25,000 people by March, they also promised 10,000 would arrive in Canada by the end of this year.
